Follow RT on He sleeps two hours a night, plays guitar with a custom prosthesis, and has illegally implanted a microchip. When Evgeny Nekrasov was disfigured by an accident at 14, he decided to leverage future technology to build a new life. ‘Hands turned into mush’ Evgeny, now 21, has no recollection of “messing around”…
Facebook shuts down viral ‘Storm Area 51’ event, reigniting UFO hunters’ resolve
Follow RT on Just as the hype seemed to have calmed down, over two million UFO enthusiasts found their Area 51 meme-filled page suddenly blocked by Facebook, under the pretext of ever-elusive “community standards” violations. Spooked by the high volume of attendees, worried about the Las Vegas strip club’s pledge to bring its dancers to…
Any Turkish incursion into Syria ‘unacceptable,’ Pentagon chief warns
Follow RT on US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday any Turkish operation into northern Syria would be “unacceptable” and Washington would prevent unilateral incursions, Reuters reports. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey, which already has a foothold in northwest Syria, will carry out a military operation in a Kurdish-controlled area…
Slavoj Zizek – Truth is many Democrat ‘moderates’ prefer Trump to Sanders in 2020 White House race
Follow RT on Many so-called Democrat ‘moderates’ would prefer Donald Trump to retain the US Presidency than for Bernie Sanders, or another genuine leftist, to defeat him. In this sense they are mirror-images of establishment Republicans, such as George W Bush and Colin Powell, who publicly expressed support for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 contest. …
Voice assistant companies abandon snooping practices after being found out
Follow RT on Amazon has become the latest of the trio of tech giants to curb their secretive harvesting and processing of voice recordings via virtual assistants. The practice was rife with Google and Apple, as well. Amazon announced on Friday that it would allow users of its smartphone assistance app Alexa to deny the…
Several dead in explosion at Syrian Air Force base
Follow RT on Some Syrian Army soldiers have been killed in a blast that rocked the Shayrat airbase located in the east of the Syrian Homs province, local media report without revealing the exact number of casualties. According to the state SANA news agency the explosion was a result of a “technical error” during the…
Spanish NGO boat rescues 124 people in Mediterranean, seeks port as ‘Italy rejects request’
Follow RT on A Spanish charity rescue boat sought safe port on Friday after Italy rejected its request to disembark 124 people saved from two migrant rafts in the Mediterranean, Reuters reports. Barcelona-based NGO Open Arms rescued 55 people from a sinking raft on Thursday, and a further 69 people from another boat during Thursday…
9 killed as gunman opens fire in Dayton bar district, hours after Texas massacre
Follow RT on Nine people have been killed in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, the city police have confirmed. At least 16 were hospitalized with injuries. The gunman was taken out by officers responding to the incident. The shooting happened in the area of East 5th Street in the Oregon District of Dayton in…
MSNBC paid me millions to ‘keep quiet’ on Iraq: Jesse Ventura to RT’s Lee Camp
Follow RT on Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura told RT’s Lee Camp that his anti-war views were so unpopular at MSNBC, the network paid him something to the tune of ten million dollars to “keep quiet.” After leaving office in 2003, Ventura began a weekly cable TV show, ‘Jesse Ventura’s America,’ on MSNBC. However, the…
Spanish NGO boat rescues 124 people in Mediterranean, seeks port as ‘Italy rejects request’
Follow RT on A Spanish charity rescue boat sought safe port on Friday after Italy rejected its request to disembark 124 people saved from two migrant rafts in the Mediterranean, Reuters reports. Barcelona-based NGO Open Arms rescued 55 people from a sinking raft on Thursday, and a further 69 people from another boat during Thursday…